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UnitedHealthcare Offers Health Data Support For Medicare Advantage ACO

November 26, 2019

UnitedHealthcare has struck a deal with national physician group Privia Health under which it will offer more and better data on patients enrolled in the...

Getting Patients To Engage With Their Healthcare Data Is Still A Challenge

October 4, 2019

I haven’t always been familiar with my healthcare records. In fact, until a few years ago, I couldn’t have told you anything about their contents, and in fact...

Advertising Spend Increases at Hospitals Where a Breach Has Occurred

September 11, 2019

As we all know, massive data breaches have become far too common in recent times. Of course, healthcare execs are aware of how this looks to the public, and...

Patients Say Access To Visit Notes Is Important In Maintaining Their Health

July 2, 2019

Back in 2010, a group of primary care doctors from three different healthcare organizations across the U.S. came together to try something different. The three...

Giving Patients Test Results: Is It A Good Idea?

May 2, 2018

These days, the conventional wisdom is that sharing health data with patients increases their engagement, which then improves their health. And certainly...

Why Should Patients Control Their Health Data? Here Are A Few Ideas.

September 29, 2017

Lately, healthcare organizations have begun working to give patients more access to their personal health data. They’ve concluded that the more control...

The Fight For Patient Health Data Access Is Just Beginning

July 11, 2017

When some of us fight to give patients more access to their health records, we pitch everyone on the benefits it can offer — and act as though everyone...

E-Patient Update: Changing The Patient Data Sharing Culture

May 19, 2017

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I’ve been fighting for what I believe in for most of my life, and that includes getting access to my digital health information. I’ve pleaded with medical...